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August 29, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Chinese authorities should immediately release Australian writer Yang Hengjun and drop all charges against him, says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. In January, police in Guangzhou detained Yang, a former Chinese diplomat turned blogger and political commentator, who has Australian citizenship, according to news reports. Yang frequently posted commentaries ... <a title="CPJ protests over China’s arrest of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/cpj-protests-over-chinas-arrest-of-australian-blogger-yang-hengjun/" aria-label="Read more about CPJ protests over China’s arrest of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly “fierce” Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter documental terms to downplay its commitment to climate change mitigation. According to RNZ Pacific, a communiqué and separate statement on climate change was released after a 12-hour meeting between the ... <a title="Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/australia-has-coal-removed-from-pif-documentation/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Australia’s coal policy and its use of carry over credits to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement have come under fire and been major points of contention at this year’s 50th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Meeting in Funafuti, Tuvalu. READ MORE: ‘We should have done more for our people’ – Forum climate change fight ... <a title="‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/bullying-australia-disregards-pacific-over-climate-crisis-says-350-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark. Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations ... <a title="Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/from-richard-boyle-and-witness-k-to-media-raids-its-time-whistleblowers-had-better-protection-121555/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Newly released documents show that another government agency along with the Australian Federal Police was involved in the investigation that led to raids on Australian journalists and media offices in June, reports ABC news. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) have shown that the AFP refused to release ... <a title="Australia – ‘Spy’ agency involved in ABC raids, new documents show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/spy-agency-involved-in-abc-raids-new-documents-show/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – ‘Spy’ agency involved in ABC raids, new documents show">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2019
James Marape told The Guardian that Australia had “a moral responsibility … to the upkeep of the planet”, particularly given the extreme effect it was having on smaller Pacific nations. “I don’t intend to speak from Canberra’s perspective, they have their own policy mindset, but as human beings I know they will respond to the moral obligation ... <a title="Helen Davidson: Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/29/helen-davidson-australia-has-a-moral-responsibility-to-planet-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Davidson: Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has dropped trespass charges against a prominent French journalist and his film crew who were arrested while filming anti-Adani protesters earlier this week, reports ABC News. France 2 reporter Hugo ... <a title="Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/police-drop-trespass-charges-against-french-tv-crew-at-adani-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who – in what RSF called an “unacceptable attack on investigative journalism” – were arrested yesterday while filming environmentalists protesting at a coal terminal near the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia. ... <a title="RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/rsf-demands-australian-police-drop-charges-against-french-tv-crew/" aria-label="Read more about RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to the United States, where he would be tried for offences under the Espionage Act. On Wednesday last week, it was Assange’s birthday. His last seven birthdays were spent in Ecuador’s ... <a title="Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/wendy-bacon-journalism-is-not-a-crime-why-i-support-wikileaks-and-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
By Michael Andrew A Pacific Media Centre collaborator has won the inaugural Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism at the 2019 Walkley Mid-Year Celebration. Vanuatu-based Australian photojournalist Ben Bohane was awarded the $10,000 grant out of 22 applicants for his ongoing work in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. According to academic ... <a title="PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/pmc-collaborator-wins-10000-grant-for-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The word “consequential” is a popular fallback for commentators seeking to invest a particular event with the significance it might warrant. On occasions, the word is misused to inflate a moment that does not rise to the ... <a title="Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/trade-war-tensions-sky-high-as-trump-and-xi-prepare-to-meet-at-the-g20-119460/" aria-label="Read more about Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector ... <a title="Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/climate-crisis-bold-call-for-security-partners-to-prevent-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’">Read more</a>
